とき — meaning in English

English meaning

• ibis noun A long-legged wading bird with a slender, downward-curving bill, found near water in warm climates.
• when adv Used to ask or refer to a point in time.

Senses

とき is used for these senses in English:

• ibis Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
• when At (or as soon as) that time that; at the (or any and every) time that; if.
• when During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

when — full definition

1. adv Used to ask or refer to a point in time.
2. conj At the time that; as soon as.
3. conj Considering that; given that.
4. intj Used to tell someone to stop pouring or adding something, typically in response to "say when."

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